Lid or cover section for wardrobe trunks



May 11 1926.

G. H. WHEARY up or: qovm sEc'rIoN FOR WARDROBE 'rnumcs Filed Jan. 1823 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYf Patented May 11, 1926.

untrue S171? GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

LID R COVER SECTION FOB \WARDROBE"TRUNKS;

applicationfiled January 27, 1923: Serial No. 615,218:

lily invention relates to:improvementsin More particularly stated, it ismy object:

to punide a shallow. lidsection which may lJQClOSQtl down upon the clothing suspentb edwithin the wardrobe: section of the trunk, and which will be utilized: to hold the hangers in position by pressure upons such clothing as may be supported by said hangers, the'valance of the lid sectionconstituting also a reenforcing corner-iron whichextends continuously. aroundthree sides of the lid section and laps over upon the top there.-

of in such a manner as to form a connecting member. for thetop, front, and end pieces.

Tnthe drawings: Figure 1 isa plan' view of. a wardrobe trunlrlid section: embodying invention:

Figures. 2, 3,. and 4 are front, end,

elevations respectively.

Figure is a sectional view drawn onaline 5- 5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a sectional view drawn on line (S -60f Figure 1.

Figure 7 is an interior isometric view of a 'lragnfient of the lid section.

Figure 8 is a plan view of the reenforcing corner piece.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of the same drawn on line 9-4) of Figure 8.

Figure is a view showing a fragment of the blank or metal strip from which the valance is formed.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

The lid'section shown in the drawings is of the general type disclosed in my former Patent No. 1,134,17 5, dated April 6, 1915, for an automatic locking means for trunks, but the improved lid section herein shown comprises a main plate composed of a wooden member 1 interposed between fiber sheets 2 and 3. The end and front margins are provided with depending flanges 4-4 and 5 respectively, these flanges being formed of wooden strips placed edgewise on the main plate and secured thereto by glue or nails and additionally connected therewith by the valance strip as hereinafter-explained.

A sheet 6 of fabric is applied to the inner surface of the main plate with interposed padding 7 throughout the central portion.

Tl'iefabric extends outwardly from the paddingand is preferably glued to the plate, the margins: of the fabric being wrapped. about the flanges and 5 and preferably glue'd'thereto. The ends of the flanges 4 are connected totherflange' 5 by metallic corner pieces 8 having hook-shaped portions 9 adapted: to engage the exposed margins of thewooden flanges 4-4 and 5, and'also having afoot piece 10 suitably aperturedwhereby it may be connected with themain plate by. one or more screws These screws also serve to: draw the" corner piece toward the main plate and-force the hooks 9 into rigid engagement with thc'margins of the flanges 4 and 5, the'hook'margins being preferably forced into the wood. to some extent. A strip of metal is then applied toxtlie outer surfaces of the main plate andits flanges 4' and 5. This metal strip initially comprises a flat blank hav-ingnotc-hes l2 along; one margin. Themarginal portions 1-3Iof1thisblank are bent inwardly in thef'orm of: a rounded' elbow along the longitudinal-dotted line appearingin:Figure 10; The strip .is also bent at right angles,theretofromthe central'portion of. the notch-12 tothe opposite margin, i. e., along the transverse dotted line indicated in Figure 10, thereby forming end portions 14 and a central portion adapted when assembled to form a metallic covering for the ends and front of the main plate and its flanges, with the marginal portions 13 lapping upon the upper surface of the main plate along its ends and front margins. The portions 13 are secured to the main plate by a row of nails or 14 and 15 are similarly secured to the flanges 4 and 5 by nails or rivets 17. The portions 14 and 15 are wider than the flanges 4 and 5 and project downwardly therefrom to form a valance 19.

The notches 12 are located at the corners and permit infolding the marginal portions 13 upon the main plate as above described. These corners are then covered by corner plates which may, for the. purposes of this description, be assumed to be corner plates of ordinary type. They are provided with elbow shaped doweling members 21 adapted to co-operate with correspondingly formed doweling sockets on the Wardrobe section of the trunk.

The metallic reenforcing strip, includin the portions 13, 14, and 15, may be termed the valance strip, although the function of rivets 18, and the portions this strip is not only to provide a valance for the cover or lid section of the trunk, but to also constitute a protecting reenforcement for the margin of the main plate and its flanges, and a connecting member for securing the flanges a and 5 to the main plate. The rivets 17 and 18 extend at right angles to each other, and as these rivets form continuous rows along the ends and front margin of the cover, it will be obvious that the valance strip is rigidly secured in position and that it is adapted to hold the flanges 4 and 5 to the cover plate regardless of the cooperating securing means above described such for example as glue interposed between the flanges and the cover plate and the corner pieces 8. These corner pieces, however, are adapted to cover meeting edges of the fabric sheet 6 where the fabric sheet is cut away or gored to allow it to be adjusted to the flanges i and 5, and said corner pieces also form an attractive feature of the cover section, being preferably nickel plated. They, therefore, not only perform the mechanical function of reinforcing the corners, but they add to the appearance of the cover section and serve as covering members for the margins of the fabric.

I claim:

1. A cover or lid section for wardrobe trunks comprising the combination of a main plate, marginal end and front flanges therefor, a reenforcing valance strip secured to said flanges with its lower margins projecting below the flanges and its upper margins lapped upon the main plate and secured there-to, co-operating interior corner pieces having hook-shaped portions engaging the flanges, and a foot piece in drawing engage mcnt with the main plate, whereby the hook portions may be drawn into embedded relation with the flanges.

2. A cover or lid section for wardrobe trunks comprising the combination of a main plate having its interior surface centrally padded and provided with depending marginal flanges a fabric covering for the pad ding, the marginal portions of the plate, and the flanges; reenforcing interior corner pieces having hook-shaped portions to enga e the meeting end portions of the flanges at the corners, and also having drawing engagement with the main plate; and an exterior metallic valance covering the outer surfaces of the flanges and extending upon and secured to the upper surface of the main plate.

In a cover or lid section for Wardrobe trunks, a metallic valance extending continuously along the ends and front of the section and having an inturned upper marginal portion notched at the corners and secured to the upper surface of said section, means for also securing the valance to the sides of said section, and corner pieces covering the corners and notched portions of the valance strip, said corner pieces having elbowed doweling members adapted to receive counter-part doweling members on the wardrobe section of the trunk.

GEORGE HENRY VJHEARY. 

